Lisa Laughy – Archives Assistant ASP Master Teacher Richard E. Schade, SPS 1962, has put together a multifaceted display in Ohrstrom Library on the subject of the Berlin Wall. The main level of the library in the Baker Reading Room features a display of books gathered from Ohrstrom’s own collection, accented with easel displays of photographs of the Berlin Wall taken by Schade. He has also printed a bibliography of the books in the display that is available as a handout. The lower level of the library features a display wall with reproductions of periodical articles from the Library’s collection. Articles from Life, Newsweek, and other publications from the time…

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Lisa Laughy -Archives Assistant Forty eight years ago tonight The Big Study mysteriously caught fire and burned to the ground. The Big Study was located across from the Rectory between the Old and New Chapels, and was connected to the New Chapel by a cloister walkway. It was built in 1872-1873 and was enlarged in 1888, making it one of the older buildings still in existence on School grounds at that time. The following description of the event is from August Heckscher’s book, A Brief History of St. Paul’s School (pgs. 134-135; Ohrstrom Call # 373 Sa2HB): “The night of January 21, 1961, was one of the coldest in New…